Pregnanter & Pregnanter

So sorry for the gap in updates over the last few weeks!
When I write, I always want to make sure I'm in a good frame of mind
and am not stressed or overwhelmed or hurting b/c then it will just be 
a really depressing post!
My sweet friend, Erin gave Jack a onesie made from bamboo!!
It is the softest thing ever! And I caved 2 days after we found
out it was a boy and bought the other two.
Honestly, there have been a lot of rough days over the last 3 weeks. Boo!
It never ceases to amaze me how very different everyone's pregnancies are.
If you were to go by the cookie-cutter pregnancy, I would think
you would have some morning sickness in the first trimester, 
feel this huge surge of energy in the second trimester,
and then hit the wall of "get this baby out of me" in the third.
My first trimester was full of energy and butterflies and roses,
and now my second has been hit with a big lack of energy.
It's so hard to explain how it feels, but sometimes Jack feels really heavy.
Like someone's strapped a #14 ball to my belly that I'm dragging around all day.
On top of that, there was a lot of stretching and growing going on.
Your uterus begins to expand instead of just growing up,
so you can imagine all the pulling and stretching going on with just that expansion.
So, when your uterus is growing and your baby is growing and
Matt bought me this adorable necklace that
I've wanted since before we were even thinking
of having kids!
your organs are being pushed around to God knows where, it makes for one very tired little Momma!
Let's not forget the tailbone pain that set in about a month ago.
Tailbone pain? What?
Yeah, that is a little-talked about symptom that apparently is incredibly common.
Just one of the many joys that mommas forget about afterwards and fail to 
warn us new mommas about!
That's why I'm documenting all this for you, prospective mommas!
You're welcome.
Except, like i said before, there's no cookie-cutter pregnancy and you'll
most likely feel TOTALLY different than me. So goes life.
I do have a few funny side-effects that I've noticed lately that I will now outline:

-Painting my toenails is a thing of the past. It should've stopped about 3 weeks ago, but I really do love painting my nails and doing designs, but imagine bending forward for 45 minutes while squeezing a largely protruding belly with a fast-growing baby inside. After approximately 3 minutes, you're short of breath, after 10 minutes you're starting to sweat a bit, then 20 minutes in you throw in the towel and start haphazardly brushing anything that resembles a toenail. (Don't even get me started on those elusive 2 outermost toes on the left foot). Good thing you really can't even see your toes that well or you would be horrified at the final product.
-Showering is a new adventure. This started earlier than I thought, but washing my right foot with my right hand was a new and bizarre struggle. Eh, that foot doesn't need to be that clean anyway.

-Putting each leg in pants requires a creative balancing act. 
Cirque de Soleil "Dance of the Preggos" anyone?





-Turning over in bed has become QUITE humorous. It calls for several small bursts of upward motion just to maneuver the belly around. Matt should video me at sometime. And of course there's a plethora of grunting along with it.

This is just a short outline of my exciting adventures in PreggoLand.
On a side note, when I see my youngest nephew, Wyatt, he now asks to see Jack and demands that I lift up my shirt to do so. He'll put his little head to my belly and say,
"Hey, Jack. What are you doing?"
He gives the baby kisses and says bye to him when I leave. 
Yes, it's the most adorable thing ever!
As of this week, I have also started to feel Jack really, for real kicking in the evenings before I go to bed, and as of yesterday in the middle of the day!
This morning, I even felt him while I sat outside doing my devotion!
That is something I have looked forward to for a long time!
When you don't get ultrasounds or doppler readings but every 4 weeks,
kicks throughout the day really ease your mind.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Art of Talking to a Pregnant Woman

I have previously written about peoples' funny comments to me which I thought were endearing and quirky so far. This last week, some of those comments crossed into the "that's none of your business" category. Pre-pregnancy I never posted one picture or video of what I do at CrossFit. Frankly, it's awkward to me to ask my coach, "Can you video me making funny faces and grunting while lifting this man wight? Thanks." But since I'm still lifting and doing CF during my pregnancy, I am proud of myself and wanted to show "the world" (i.e. Facebook) what it looks like for a pregnant woman to do CF. (b/c it's becoming more and more comical) With my first video, I had all positive comments. Lots of women my age really wish they would've continued working out during their pregnancy and vow to do so the next time around. Lots of women were so sick, they couldn't even think of working out. Since I've had s...
Read more

First Blog Ever!!!!!!!!

I have serious doubts about my current writing ability post-college; therefore, my first blog will consist of a story I wrote in my Creative Writing class my Junior year at Tech. Don't be concerned because of the seemingly violent nature of the story...it's just a story. I don't need therapy...anyway. Enjoy~ Sweat dampened Arria's flannel pajamas as her bed sheets tightened around her in a constricting hold. Arms and emotions flailed in a frenzy of anxiety and hatred. Yet amidst all the confusion, she held the gun steadily as he stood, hysterical before her. All the pain he put her through, all the love and despise that consumed her accumulated in this one moment, and just as she pulled the trigger… Arria bolted upright as she remembered the same dream, the same ending, and the same loneliness. Rain and ice pummeled the roof of her red brick house; held back only by the careless, overbearing oak trees. She stepped onto her balcony unaware of the ferocity of ...
Read more

Piercings, Puppies and Push-Ups

Image
Yes, it has been 2 months since I've written. No, I haven't been living under a rock during that time. I admitted at the beginning of this blogging adventure that I'm not consistent with it and that it overwhelms me.  For all those non-bloggers out there, blogging is challenging. I find that I look at experiences in the light of, "Oh, my readers would like this!" or "What have I learned from this that I can write about?" Obviously, it's much easier to just coast through normal, boring days and even eventful, trying days without a time of retrospection. So, I am coming forth and admitting that I have coasted through the last 2 months, but alas, I am ready to confront life again with an inquisitive mind! For many people, inquisition is natural. For me, Questioning is NOT the norm! I take them as they are, and rarely think of them again. I forget arguments Matt & I have once apologies and forgiveness are traded. Th...
Read more